thanks, but no thanks.

I mean, I guess monks are regular people, just like everybody else. Some are with it, some aren't.

- Amy

Approaching my favorite smoothie place last night, I saw my coworker, Amy, sitting on a stool out front, chatting with a monk.

I sat down and caught snippets of their conversation. From what I could tell, the monk was trying to invite Amy to go to Las Vegas with him next week.

It was weird on a few levels. 1: Monks generally pay us little or no attention. They aren't allowed to touch or be touched by women. They can't even accept something from a woman's hand. 2: What the heck is a Thai monk going to do in Vegas?

I made a face at her and hummed the Twilight Zone theme song. Then the monk asked me to go to Vegas.